Obama nominating Comey as FBI director

WASHINGTON— President Barack Obama has chosen to head the FBI a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff over a warrantless wiretapping program.

White House officials are hoping James Comey’s bipartisan background and two decades of law enforcement experience will help him win Senate approval to replace FBI Director Robert Mueller (MUHL’-ur). Mueller took over the agency the week before the 9/11 terrorist attacks and retires in September.